[Q] Downgrade and S Off HTC Incredible S - General Questions and Answers

Hi all
I have followed (successfully i think) this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705913 to Downgrade and S Off my HTC IS.
I have a couple of questions.
1. I can not install ICS via OTA update. Is this because my HBOOT is now is now on v 1.13 and need a later version?
If so how can i do this?
2. Is S-Off the same as Radio-Off? My phone now acknowledge my SIM card "new SIM card detected", however I still get no service / signal from my network. How can I fix this? Do I need to Radio-Off or is there some other method?
I'd be very grateful for some help with explanation...
thanks Rich

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[Q] Staying Sim Unlocked and flash stock Rom

Hello,
I have tried to find an answer to my problem and can't seem to find it anywhere. Hopefully someone here will be able to assist.
Ok So I have an HTC ARIA, sim unlocked, and rooted using unrevoked3, running Aria Liberated custom ROM. Here is my problem I am not NAND (s-0ff) rooted. I have tried running revolutionary and also unrevoked forever. Neither worked. The problem is that I have hboot 0.57.0000 and I need version 1.02.0000 to make those programs work. Additionally, I need the phone to stay sim unlocked as I am in Germany for the next 3 years and am using a German cell phone company. So what I need is eithor a way to NAND root with hboot version 0.57.0000, or confirmation that if I install the stock upgrade to Android 2.2 (available on the HTC website) that my HBoot issue will be fixed with out loosing my sim unlock. I purchased the phone on ebay unlocked, I am not nor have I ever been an AT&T customer so I don't know where I would go to unlock the sim card again if it should become locked, and I don't know the code to unlock it.
Thanking you in advanced
Rebrn

[Q] Unroot htc incredible s(Model no- S710e) Indian model

Hi Guys,
I have rooted my phone few months back using Revolutionary to gain s-off and installed Cyanogenmod 7.1. After using it i did not like it much. So I again installed the htc stock rom (which i had taken backup before installing custom ROM) without turning to s-on.
Now I would again like to get back my s-on so that i can update my phone to 2.3.5 with sense 3.0 using OTA. Since by phone is rooted the OTA doesnot work (Get andriod image after restarting phone).
I tried other threads from the forum to unroot it. But I get the msg "Incorrect model id" while performing those steps. Can anyonce please give me the stock rom along with steps to unroot it for indian version of IS?
-Thanks
Ajit
Any help guys??
Please help me guys!!!!
HI,
I am facing the same problem. Did you have any luck? If you could upload the stock Froyo ROM that would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance
The Revskill link "psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard" is not working for HTC Gold card creation may be they are not giving further support for Gold card creation, I also tried script method "IncS_MVDTKV3.1" but not able to create a gold card as i am getting ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR during RUU installation.
This means Gold Card is not created.
I am Using kingston 8Gb microSD card,
RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20 .2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_sign ed.exe
I have unlocked Bootloader by HTCdev.
CID - HTC_038 (Indian HTC Incredible S s710e)
HBOOT: 2.00.0000
S-ON
Please Suggest Some kind of Solution

[Q] reformat Goldcard after usage?

Hi,
I created a goldcard with my stock Desire S 8GB SD card thanks to this charming forum and switched the vodafone branded firmware to the HTC Europe 2.10.401.9 version and disabled the OTA updates.
My question is, is it recommended to reformat the SD card for further normal usage and recreate the goldcard when the ICS RUU is available,
or can I just leave it the way it is and then put the rom zip on the card when the update arrives?
There is one other question nagging me. Are the latest small updates (mail updates I believe) included in the RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.9 RUU?
If not, is there a possibility to receive those?
Thanks
Ho there, in my experience i have found that once a goldcard, IT stays a goldcard, even af ter a format. With the other question i wouldn't have the faintest clue sorry ;-)
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA

Chacha problems after OTA 1.54.401.3

Hello,
My wife's Chacha has been ota updated to 1.54.401.3. Result was broken wi/fi connectivity. Phone is however s-on and locked. So, I decided to s/off it and root etc. But, htcdev utility for unlocking bootloader does not work, since the latest supported version is 1.54.401.2.
I've tried to install RUU European 1.33, but without success (also tried with the gold card) .
My idea is to downgrade it somehow in order to s/off, root and install custom rom, since she had a lot problems with stock ones, but i am stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.
my wife phone does have problem with connection phone calls
Didn't root or any stuff (she does not need it)
Now all hell breaks....
but wifi works
duskom said:
Hello,
My wife's Chacha has been ota updated to 1.54.401.3. Result was broken wi/fi connectivity. Phone is however s-on and locked. So, I decided to s/off it and root etc. But, htcdev utility for unlocking bootloader does not work, since the latest supported version is 1.54.401.2.
I've tried to install RUU European 1.33, but without success (also tried with the gold card) .
My idea is to downgrade it somehow in order to s/off, root and install custom rom, since she had a lot problems with stock ones, but i am stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.
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I am in your exact same situation. My wife's phone seems to be an HTC Europe phone and I too can't unlock it because it has been upgraded automatically to 1.54.401.3. Did you manage any progress?
+1 Here. Chacha is rooted but s-on. Does not want to unlock again via HTC website, and unable to unroot.

[Q] Rebrand Desire S with ICS wwe from HTCDEV

Dear all,
I am in the middle of the bridge and don't know where to go...could you please give some help deciding what to do?
I have a Branded Desire S (Vodafone) with v2.3.5 lastest OTA update, and I would like to flash and try the ICS stock WWE from HTCDEV.
The simlock has already been removed, but the thing is can i flash this ICS update? do i need any goldcard or anything of the kind? Will the phone work ok? Or do i have to wait (maybe forever...) for the vodafone update? I reallly would like to unbrand the phone (the vodafone logo and other vodefone apps are really annoying...).
I think if this WWE update will go ok, when i received and warning about any vodafone update (because the serial indicates that this phone is a vodafone one) i have to ignore it and only apply only any WWE updates from HTCDEV, rather than that, i thing phone will work ok... but still i am worried about some things like :
- bricking phone with ICS update;
- some things don't work ok with this update because is a branded phone (i chat with HTC support and they told me that some guy complained about WIFI does not work after the ICS update, ... could it be possible, even if the hardware is the same from branded and unbranded phones?;
- possibility to go back to a 2.3.5 rom if i dont like for whatever reason of the ICS of its behavior on this phone; the HTC guy told me that only on the HTC assistance was possible to make it ... dont we just have to run the correct version of the ROM (by the way i don't know which is mine, could you please tell me? Because i seached on the HTCDEV for the right software number (2.10.168.3) and the file to download is a ".gz" file not a .exe one;
Other thing, does this ICS include a PTG (Portugal) language.
I will be forever grateful for all the help / hints you can give me.:good:
Thx in advance.
D_Saint :angel:
From what I've heard, the ics update has bugs, that can only be solved with root access. Flashing the ruu should work fine though, but you won't be able to downgrade without unlocking the bootloader to get root access.
For these reasons I would recommend making your phone s-off (see guides in the "general section), and installing a fixed version of the ics update, or whatever custom rom you want. Then you can still go back to the original state, if you want to.
I read somewhere on my downgrade guide that they have successfully debranded their phone using my guide.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
Ditto to above two comments, read, read and then soff rather than htcdev
Sywepd form my DsereiS
Thx for tips, Will soff erase contacts or apps? For root with soff how to flash su??? Is there any repaired / bugless ics stock?

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